Defensive line, Southern Miss, 2012–14
Rakeem Nunez-Roches
- Number
- No. 97
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 305 lb
- Hometown
- Phenix City, AL
- Born
- Jul 3, 1993
Rakeem Nunez-Roches played defensive line at Southern Miss (2012–14). The Kansas City Chiefs took Nunez-Roches in round 6, No. 217 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.
The teams
No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | PBU | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 11 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013N | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| On file | 24 | 21 | 45 | 6.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Southern Miss | 97 | DL | ||
| 2013 | Southern Miss | 97 | DL | ||
| 2014 | Southern Miss | 97 | DL | 6′2″ | 305 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2015 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′2¼″ |
| Weight | 307 lb |
| Arm length | 32⅝″ |
| Hand size | 10⅛″ |
| Wingspan | 79¾″W |
| 40-yard dash | 5.02 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.71 sW |
| Vertical jump | 34″ |
| Broad jump | 9′6″ |
| Bench press | 26 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.67 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.69 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
12 seasons, 116 games with a stat; latest team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Kansas City Chiefs | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Kansas City Chiefs | 9 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | Kansas City Chiefs | 12 | 23 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2018 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 16 | 28 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | New York Giants | 13 | 23 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2024 | New York Giants | 15 | 49 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | New York Giants | 9 | 23 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 (so far) | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 116 | 222 | 9 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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